National Register of Historic Places

Union Depot

Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Listed
March 31, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
75000535

About this property

Pueblo Union Depot is the historic railroad station in Pueblo, Colorado. It was built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style in 1889–1890 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It is located within the Union Avenue Historic Commercial District. Initially the station was served by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the Colorado & Southern Railway (which was acquired by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1908), the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Today the Union Pacific Railroad and the BNSF Railroad share use of the tracks, and the depot is privately owned. Regular passenger train service no longer exists, though there are proposals such as Front Range Passenger Rail, which would provide service to Denver and Colorado Springs. In addition, the depot has been proposed to operate on Amtrak's Southwest Chief. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson arrived at the depot, as did vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden and presidential candidate John Kerry. Media related to Pueblo Union Depot at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
38.26265, -104.61692

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Union Depot listed on the National Register?

Union Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 31, 1975.

What type of historic resource is Union Depot?

Union Depot is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Union Depot?

The period of significance for Union Depot is recorded as the civil_war era.

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